‘Pure Lunacy!’ Karl Rove Goes Off After Fox Host Asks About Michelle Obama Replacing Biden

Republican political consultant Karl Rove dismissed claims that former First Lady Michelle Obama would replace President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee — calling it “pure lunacy.”

Various right-wing conspiracy theorists and pundits have theorized that Biden will not be the Democratic nominee in November due to his age and mental competency.

Rove joined Fox Business host Stuart Varney for an interview on Wednesday morning to discuss the state of the presidential race, when the host asked him if a rematch between Biden and former President Donald Trump was set in stone.

The consultant for former President George W. Bush noted he believes Biden’s close family members will convince him to step aside and allow a younger Democratic leader to take his place.

“Somebody is going to wake up on that side, Jill Biden or maybe his sister, Valerie Biden Owens and say, ‘You know, Joe, this is not the way for you to go down in the history books. Step aside, let somebody else be chosen at the convention and let somebody else go into the lists against Donald Trump in the in the fall.’ I just think the Democrats are not going to allow this to continue,” said Rove.

But while Rove believes Biden will be cast aside for someone else, he made clear he does not think that someone is Michelle Obama:

VARNEY: Can you deal with this quickly? I keep hearing that Michelle Obama will be shifted into the…no, you’re shaking you head. It’s not going to happen?

ROVE: No, no, look, look, she hates politics. You read her autobiography. She didn’t want her husband to run for the state Senate. She didn’t want him to run for the presidency. She is not a political animal. And besides, look, Barack Obama was my charge at the White House. I dealt with him for three years. He’s a smart guy. He would know that if if Michelle Obama woke up tomorrow and said, you know what? I’ve decided after a life ahead in politics, I want to be the vice presidential running mate or run for president. People would say, you know what? That’s Barack trying to get a third term as president, and they wouldn’t go for it. But the starting point is she hates politics. This is a weird obsession of the conspiratorial right? And it’s just lunacy, pure lunacy! I had to deal with this in 2020 when this was running through the through the President Trump’s reelection campaign. They thought somehow or another, Biden was going to be pushed aside by Obama, Andrew Cuomo was going to be the Democratic candidate, and his running mate was going to be Michelle Obama. And, you know, I told the other Trump people, including the president himself, this is sheer utter lunacy, starting with the fact she hates politics, period. She loves the life she’s got.

Watch the clip above via Fox Business .